Death Place Matching "Bakersfield, California, USA"
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Lively character actor who usually plays bodybuilding military types and menacing bad guys. Charles Napier's roles have changed little since his debut in Russ Meyer's Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970). Napier went on appearing in other Meyer movies, including the homicidal Harry Sledge in ...

Annette Joanne Funicello achieved teenage popularity starting in October 1955 after she debuted as a Mouseketeer. Born on October 22, 1942 in Utica, New York, the family had moved to California when she was still young. Walt Disney himself saw her performing the lead role in "Swan Lake" at her ...

Charles Manson is one of the most notorious convicted murderers in American history, though ironically, there is no evidence that he ever killed anyone himself. In 1971, Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi used his "Helter Skelter" theory to successfully convict Manson and several of his female...

American stuntman who also played minor roles in scores of movies. Son of Allie W. and Jannie Hamm Roberson. Raised on cattle ranches in Shannon, Texas, and Roswell, New Mexico, he left school at 13 to become a cowhand and oilfield roughneck. He married and took his wife and daughter to California,...

Buck Owens is a true legend in country music. Along with fellow performers Merle Haggard and Wynn Stewart, Buck helped popularize the Bakersfield Sound, or honky-tonk infused with electric instrumentation and rock influences. Growing up in Arizona, Buck picked cotton and learned to play the ...

Max Prado was born on April 15, 1992 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Benchwarmers (2006), Chuck (2007) and How I Met Your Mother (2005). He died on March 13, 2016 in Bakersfield.

The daughter of husband-and-wife vaudevillians, Randy Stuart was born in southeastern Iola, Kansas and traveled throughout the South and Midwest with her itinerant parents before making her own stage debut with them at the ripe old age of three. The family eventually settled in California where ...

Cynthia Ann Thompson was a lovely, spunky and appealing blonde actress with long curly hair, a cute face, a shapely figure, and a wonderfully vivacious personality who alas only acted in a handful of enjoyable low-budget Grade B pictures in the 80s. She was born on June 24, 1959 in Santa Maria, ...

Jane Nigh was born on February 25, 1925 in Hollywood, California, USA as Bonnie Lenora Nigh. She was an actress, known for Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950), Big Town (1950) and Whistle Stop (1946). She was married to Norman Davidson Jr., John E. Baker and Victor Cutler. She died on October 5, 1993 in ...

Gloria Saunders was born on September 29, 1927 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA as Gloria Ella Saunders. She is known for her work on Terry and the Pirates (1952), Red Snow (1952) and Space Patrol (1950). She was married to Tommy Thompson. She died on June 4, 1980 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

Mary Ruth was born on July 30, 1931 in Maypearl, Texas, USA as Mary Ruth Kizziar. She was an actress, known for Song of the Buckaroo (1938), Riot Squad (1941) and Gentleman from Dixie (1941). She died on January 12, 2018 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

Bonnie Owens was born on October 1, 1932 in Blanchard, Oklahoma, USA as Bonnie Maureen Campbell. She was married to Fred D. McMillen, Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. She died on April 24, 2006 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

Jimmy Rogers was born on July 25, 1915 in New York City, New York, USA as James Blake Rogers. He was an actor, known for Texas Masquerade (1944), False Colors (1943) and Mystery Man (1944). He was married to Judith Braun and Marguerite Astrea Kemmler. He died on April 28, 2000 in Bakersfield, ...

Known by such nicknames as the Yodeling Blonde Bombshell, Westerns First Lady and the All-American Girl, Carolina Cotton came from humble beginnings and became a prolific entertainer in the Golden Era of Western Swing music and B movies, soundies, radio shows and early television. Her fun, lively "...

Alta Allen was born on November 5, 1904 in Oakland, California, USA as Alta Crowin. She was an actress, known for The Set-Up (1926), The Marriage Chance (1922) and Be My Wife (1921). She was married to Hampton Del Ruth. She died on November 20, 1976 in Bakersfield, Kern, California.

Is the 1971 recipient of the prestigious Connor Award given by the brothers of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an honorary brother of the fraternity.

Bamlet Lawrence Price Sr. was born on October 19, 1889 in Pembina, North Dakota, USA. He was an actor, known for One Way Ticket to Hell (1955). He was married to Lucile Martin. He died on January 2, 1978 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

The distaff member of the popular musical comedy hillbilly trio "The Weaver Brothers and Elviry" of town halls, vaudeville, Broadway and film, sharp-featured June Weaver was born June Petrie in Chicago in 1891. Raised in Springfield, Missouri, she took to the stage fairly young.

Marilyn McArthur was born on May 25, 1927 in Brigham City, Utah, USA as Marilyn Baird. She was an actress, known for The Black 6 (1973). She was married to Howard McArthur. She died on December 19, 2002 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

IdaBelle Coffin was only in show business a short time, but the few films she was in, she appeared with legends and stole every scene she was in. She appeared in films with football legend Kenny Washington, first African American to play national football, comedian Mantan Moreland, Apollo emcee ...

Jolly Lee Harvey was born on August 17, 1895 in Glenwood, Texas, USA as Nettie Lee Darnell. She was an actress, known for Carnival Queen (1937). She died on January 22, 1956 in Bakersfield, California, USA.

Joe Hartman was born on November 7, 1913 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA as Joseph Allen Hartman. He was an actor, known for No Way Out (1950), When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) and Thin Ice (1937). He died on November 26, 1989 in Bakersfield, California, USA.